Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Apart from Aisha and Tricia, only Sera and Diouf were left here.

"You two should come with us. By the way, there are some things I want to confirm with you," Aisha said, her eyes slightly stern. "If I don't find the hero, or if something happens to the hero, don't beg me to let you go."

Diouf lowered his head in silence, seemingly unwilling to speak.

Sera pondered for a moment and said nothing - unlike those people in white, Sera represented the position of the House of Representatives, so after knowing the identities of Elsa and Tricia, she was not too worried. Although physical pain might be inevitable, there would probably be no danger to their lives. Now she was thinking more about this relic.

With Elsa and Tricia here, she knew very well that she would never be able to get her hands on the treasure in the ruins, and the original plan about the hero was naturally aborted. But even so, she had to find out the secret of the ruins and prepare for the subsequent game between the Empire and the Federation. Following Elsa and Tricia was undoubtedly a good opportunity.

Sera and Diouf were pushed in front, while Aisha and Tricia followed behind. They entered the ruins and continued to descend along the bottomless stone steps.

"So, the reason you went to great lengths to send the hero here was actually because that so-called 'God' instigated you to do it?"

Aisha narrowed her eyes. She had already learned the whole story from Diouf.

To summarize, the leader of these secret cultists got an ancient scroll from somewhere, and found the ruins based on the clues on it. An ancient "god" lived in the ruins - of course, in Elsa's view, it was just a strange thing of unknown origin, but the leader believed it firmly, and these cultists also regarded this place as a miracle.

After going through untold hardships to awaken the "God", the first divine command they received from the God was to bring Grame or the person holding Grame to see it.

So what happened next happened. The Esoteric Cult and the Kingdom of Levis planned a great show, from inquiring about the hero to formulating a detailed and thorough plan, and finally luring Madeleine here step by step...

Although there are still many doubts, these things cannot be explained clearly in a short time, so Elsa decided to go back and ask in detail.

"There are many traces of time magic here, but they are all ineffective. It seems that its owner is extending an invitation to us."

At this time, Tricia said that since entering the ruins, she has been observing the murals and runes on the walls on both sides.

"These are characters from the Age of Gods, but they are not relics from any of the civilizations of the Age of Gods that have been discovered. They are more likely to belong to the wild gods."

"God of the Wilderness?" Elsa heard another unfamiliar word.

"There are many gods in the Age of Gods who have no names, no inscriptions, and are unknown to the public. They are collectively known as the Wild Gods. Most of the Wild Gods protect a certain area, away from disputes, but also away from civilization itself. Therefore, unique characters and symbols are often given to the Wild Gods."

Tricia explained.

Elsa glanced at the surrounding walls. To Elsa, those murals did look like something very historical, but that was all she knew. She couldn't extract any useful information from them.

She subconsciously asked, "Are there really gods in the Age of Gods?"

"Yes, many. Gods rule over a country or a place, protecting and blessing the area. They are the cornerstone and pinnacle of civilization."

"If that's the case, how did the Age of Gods end?"

Aisha asked.

Generally speaking, since the world is ruled by gods, as long as there is no legendary story similar to the "Twilight of the Gods" in the previous life, it should be difficult for the inheritance to be cut off due to natural disasters or man-made disasters, right?

"I don't know. It has always been a mystery..."

Tricia shook her head and said.

"The only thing that is certain is that not all gods have fallen. Besides the goddess and the earth goddess, there are also demons hiding in the void. They are all real gods - and this is still the case today. There is even a saying that the existence of the hero itself is a blessing from the gods. However, to this day, there is no evidence that the hero has the mark of the gods in his body."

As she spoke, the stone steps extended to the end, and Elsa saw the huge underground space in front of her.

Serra and Diouf, who had been silent all this time, also opened their eyes wide.

But what appeared before their eyes was not some magnificent or majestic ruins, but a huge, ancient and wide stone platform that was almost weathered. The walls, stone pillars and sculptures around the platform seemed to have been eroded by a long period of time and their original appearance was worn away. There were fragments of stalactites everywhere. It looked like a huge underground cave, and only traces of the past could be vaguely seen.

There were several soldiers standing on the platform, looking extremely anxious. On the platform, the brave Madeleine knelt on the ground, her expression painful but determined.

A black sword was suspended in front of her, the blade slowly rotating, emitting a huge black aura that surrounded the brave Madeleine, or penetrated into her body - looking closely, the sword seemed to be held by a black shadow.

When seeing the phantom, Serra frowned slightly, while Diouf opened his eyes wide with excitement.

"God is great..."

Aisha slapped him to the ground.

"It's not time for you to speak yet."

The shadow seemed to have sensed something and slowly turned around.

"Gulu gulu gulu..."

This time, no one except Tricia could understand what it was saying.

Tricia heard it clearly.

"Guardian of the World Tree... could you please tell the person next to you not to attack... I have no ill intentions..."

The clear female voice no longer had the mysterious feeling it had just pretended to have. Instead, it sounded aggrieved, almost begging.

Tricia glanced at Elsa, and her thoughts broke into the phantom's mind without any hesitation, as a response - in terms of mental strength, she and the phantom were not inferior to each other. Although neither of them could break through the other's defense, it was still very easy to just force a message through.

Tricia said in the shadow's mind, "Let go of the girl first, or I will tell her—just say you want to challenge her to a fair duel."

“Gurgle gurgle gurgle!!!”

Elsa still couldn't understand what the phantom was saying, but she always felt that the phantom seemed very anxious.

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425. An unexpected surprise

In fact, even if the phantom didn't beg for mercy, Tricia had no intention of really killing her - the reason was simple. Tricia noticed something very strange from the phantom's reaction: the phantom seemed to know something about Elsa's abilities.

Although Tricia felt it was incredible, this was undoubtedly a crucial clue. It could even be said that compared to the hero's safety, understanding Elsa's power was something more worthy of attention.

This can no longer be considered a "pleasant surprise". In comparison, the matter of the brave Madeleine is not even that important - if there is a chance, Tricia plans to "capture" the phantom and have a good chat with her about Elsa.

Of course, not now. There are too many people here and it’s not a good place to chat.

Moreover, Tricia has no intention of giving up on Madeleine.

"Let her go."

Tricia repeated.

As she spoke, Tricia's eyes were fixed on the phantom's every move. She had already secretly formed a miniature magic circle in her palm. If the phantom made any unnecessary movements, Tricia would immediately take action - even with Elsa here, Tricia would not take it lightly. Any act of despising the opponent in battle might put herself in an irretrievable situation.

Even if you are sure of winning, you still have to give it your all. This is Tricia's creed.

What's more, the hero Madeleine is now in the hands of the other party. No one knows what this phantom is and what the phantom's purpose is in wanting to find the hero - the hero's identity is very special, and Tricia has to guard against unexpected situations.

“Wait, please wait a moment!!”

The shadow screamed.

It looked as if the phantom was indeed panicking. She had never imagined that after sleeping for who knows how long, the first powerful enemy she encountered upon waking up would nearly crush her. Now, she couldn't even cry, only calling it bad luck. It was strange. In this era, there was nothing, and those humans were so weak, so why did someone exist who could kill her instantly?

She was not feeling well at this moment. In order to avoid Elsa's mental crush, she had been forced to cut off nearly half of her strength and soul. She was also severely damaged and her strength declined significantly.

Not to mention resisting Elsa, she is afraid that she can't even defeat the guardian of the World Tree. If she is hit by Elsa again, she will probably die here.

What made her feel even more strange was that although Elsa looked like no one she knew, she was ridiculously strong. In other words, Elsa was much stronger than anyone she knew. Even before she fell asleep, no one had ever been able to cut off half of her strength in one move, but Elsa did it without moving a finger. If she hadn't reacted quickly and decisively cut off half of her soul, she would have died at that moment.

She couldn't help but feel fear.

Now is a life-and-death moment, but what makes her extremely uncomfortable is that she cannot communicate with these people at all without spiritual communication. However, Elsa has always had a powerful spiritual barrier around her body, and she has not made any move to actively read her thoughts.

This made her very anxious.

She really wanted to go up and talk to her, but she didn't dare. As long as Elsa didn't actively read her thoughts, she could only mumble to Tricia to express her thoughts and pin her hopes on Tricia - because Tricia seemed to have a good relationship with Elsa.

As for the others - her spirit and soul were severely damaged now. Just communicating with Tricia alone had already exhausted all her strength, so naturally she couldn't care about others.

"Please listen to my explanation... Guardian of the World Tree, I, I am the 'Star God'. You may not know me, but I know you. I will not lie to you. Truly, I swear before the boundless starry sky that I have no intention of harming the hero... I just..."

Tricia interrupted her:

"You can explain, but you must let the hero go first, and then we can sit down and talk slowly."

Tricia pointed to the ground beneath her feet expressionlessly, not giving the Star God any chance to explain slowly.

Tricia's gaze followed the flow of magic power in the Star God's body and slowly fell on the black sword - the black sword exuded a mysterious power into the brave man's body. The process was very slow, as if it was an unknown secret method. Tricia could see that the aura in Madeleine's body was growing rapidly.

Madeleine closed her eyes tightly, frowned, and looked painful.

What is the C'tan doing? What is she trying to instill in Madeleine?

"Elsa, can you take that black sword?"

Tricia whispered to Elsa - it was a small spell that made a sound directly into Elsa's ear through very light vibration magic.

Elsa blinked slightly.

The Star God obviously didn't notice any of this.

"Let her go, this is the final warning."

Tricia lowered her voice and continued, magic flowing through her body - Tricia would not believe the Star God's one-sided words. Although if the Star God wanted to hurt Madeleine, he should have done it long ago, but the current situation was unclear, and Tricia could not just sit there and do nothing.

But the Star God seemed to want to say something else, his tone was very anxious: "Please... please listen to me... I can't let her leave... She must accept my power..."

"Let her go."

"Give me a moment! I can't..."

The Star Goddess shouted anxiously, but before she finished her words, everything stopped abruptly - Elsa's figure had appeared on the edge of the platform a hundred meters behind the brave Madeleine. No one, including Tricia, saw how Elsa moved.

The Star God had vanished, and Elsa, clutching the black sword, snatched it away, interrupting the Star God's "ritual." There was nothing in front of the brave Madeleine, and naturally, the unknown power that had penetrated her body also vanished.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, everything was silent.

The next moment, countless pieces of rubble exploded, rose up, and splashed under Elsa's feet and behind her. A clearly visible crease composed of thousands of pieces of rubble suddenly appeared from the stone steps to the entrance of the ruins hall and then to Elsa's current position. In the terrifying crease, there were faintly visible pits left by several footprints.

bang——

Visible ripples flickered and disappeared in the air, accompanied by a deafening roar. The ground shook violently, and all the stalactites fell. They were then crushed by the violent impact, turning into the aftermath of the huge waves. A flame tail shining with magical light suddenly lit up the space, and then disappeared behind Elsa.

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426. What is your purpose?

Before the crowd even had time to be stunned or think, the shock wave had already reached them - except for Tricia, no one knew what was happening, and the sudden explosion had already ignited their vision.

When the shock wave hit everyone, Tricia raised her hand, and as if ink was splashed into water, a blue light spread out from the palm of Tricia's hand, tightly wrapping the magic power that was compressed and ignited by Elsa. The violent and boiling magic power immediately calmed down, and did not trigger a chain explosion of the forbidden spell level - Elsa controlled the strength, so the compressed magic power was not much, and Tricia controlled it easily.

At the same time, flashes of light appeared, and the bewildered soldiers and the unconscious brave Madeleine all appeared beside Tricia. Tricia turned her wrist, and a warm holy light magic fell on Madeleine and protected her. No one could get close to Madeleine.

The shock wave rolled in, Tricia took a step forward, and a thick blue light curtain rose in front of her, extending outward, and in an instant it enveloped the entire interior of the ruins.

Then there was a dull thunder, and the stalactites and stone slabs on the ground were crushed by the shock wave. The dust made the vision cloudy. Fortunately, Tricia's protective shield was strong enough, and the shock wave did not cause a large-scale collapse of the entire ruins.

It took a while for the dust to dissipate, but everyone was still in shock.

"Your Highness the Brave One!"

Timmer wanted to check on Madeleine, but she couldn't get close, so the others could only worry. The quick-witted soldiers stepped forward to thank Tricia.

"You must be the Sage, right? Thank you so much for your help!"

Sera frowned and said nothing.

Diouf's face paled once more—he had finally seen "God" again, only for "God" to vanish once more, and even then, he had acted so cowardly. By now, no matter how much Diouf wanted to believe in his God and hold on to his beliefs, reality had dealt him a heavy blow.

His originally unwavering heart was now just like the ruins before him after they were swept through by the Holy Sister.

At this time, Elsa appeared in front of Tricia holding the black sword.

"The one that was mumbling the whole time is gone—she seems to be connected to this sword, and when I grabbed the sword she disappeared."

Elsa casually grabbed the black sword in front of her, made a sword flower, and then shook her wrist, and the sword body made a crisp metallic sound.

Seeing Elsa, Sera's heart suddenly skipped a beat - she and Diouf looked back at the same time, and only then did they realize that Elsa was no longer behind them without them knowing. In other words, the gap in strength between her and Elsa was probably much greater than she had imagined.

Sera stared at Aisha, trying to see something from her.

The soldiers didn't know Aisha, so they didn't come forward.

Elsa glanced around again.

The so-called Star God had long since disappeared.

"That 'grunting fellow' calls himself 'Star God'. Well, perhaps that's the way we should say it in our language."

Tricia said, looking up. The surrounding walls had weathered. They were originally covered with murals and texts, but now only faint traces remained on them.

"Is the hero alright?"